Dissociative Identity Disorder A dissociative disorder is usually developed when severe traumas is experienced and is not processed or deal with. One of the most striking, rare and extraordinary dissociative disorders is the Dissociative Identity Disorder; this disorder shows a smaller capacity than the human mind can do and be able. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) previously known as multiple personality disorder is characterized by at least two or more different identities or disconnected personality state that controls a person’s behavior. People with this disorder usually reported sexual abuse during childhood, as well as physical abuse, neglect the infant and even abandonment. The understanding of this disorder is difficult to
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There is also inability to recall important personal information that is too far-reaching to be explained as simple forgetfulness. People with DID may also experience depression, mood swings, suicidal tendencies, sleep disorders (such as insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking), anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias (flashbacks, reactions to stimuli or triggers). Alcohol and drug abuse can also be symptoms of DID including compulsions and rituals. Some other symptoms can be auditory and visual hallucinations knows as psychotic-like symptoms, eating disorders, amnesia, headaches, time loss, trances, and “out of body experience” (MDS-V, 2013; Goldberg, …show more content…
According to the book “!@#$%^&” the change of the name emphasizes the main problem which is not a multitude of personalities, rather a lack of a single unified identity, and an stress on “the identities as centers of information processing” (Cardena E; Gleaves DH, 2007). Also for a individual who suffers of DID, the switches between identities and behaviors patterns is the personality, and the term “personality” is used to refer to characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, mood and behaviors of the whole individual. After understanding and identifying the disorder, an increasing amount of information concerning assessment and diagnosis was made available to clinicians and therapists (Cohen et al. 1995). Helping come up with better diagnosis and
There is also inability to recall important personal information that is too far-reaching to be explained as simple forgetfulness. People with DID may also experience depression, mood swings, suicidal tendencies, sleep disorders (such as insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking), anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias (flashbacks, reactions to stimuli or triggers). Alcohol and drug abuse can also be symptoms of DID including compulsions and rituals. Some other symptoms can be auditory and visual hallucinations knows as psychotic-like symptoms, eating disorders, amnesia, headaches, time loss, trances, and “out of body experience” (MDS-V, 2013; Goldberg, …show more content…
According to the book “!@#$%^&” the change of the name emphasizes the main problem which is not a multitude of personalities, rather a lack of a single unified identity, and an stress on “the identities as centers of information processing” (Cardena E; Gleaves DH, 2007). Also for a individual who suffers of DID, the switches between identities and behaviors patterns is the personality, and the term “personality” is used to refer to characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, mood and behaviors of the whole individual. After understanding and identifying the disorder, an increasing amount of information concerning assessment and diagnosis was made available to clinicians and therapists (Cohen et al. 1995). Helping come up with better diagnosis and